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Wave Motion
DisciplineWave motion
LanguageEnglish
Edited byJan D. Achenbach,
Andrew N. Norris
Publication details
History1979–present
Publisher
Frequency8/year
1.379 (2009)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Wave Motion
Indexing
CODENWAMOD9
ISSN0165-2125
LCCN81644046
Links

Wave Motion is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing papers on the physics of waves – with emphasis on the areas of acoustics, optics, geophysics, seismology, electromagnetic theory, solid and fluid mechanics. Original research articles on analytical, numerical and experimental aspects of wave motion are covered.

Since the journal's establishment in 1979, the editor in chief has been Jan D. Achenbach.[1] In 2011, Andrew N. Norris joined as co-editor in chief. The journal is published by Elsevier.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Applied Mechanics Reviews, Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology, Current Contents/Physics, Chemical, & Earth Sciences, Compendex, Inspec, Mathematical Reviews, Scopus, and Zentralblatt MATH. According to the Journal Citation Reports, Wave Motion has a 2009 impact factor of 1.379, ranking it 9th out of 28 journals in the category "acoustics", 38th out of 123 in the category "mechanics", and 30th out of 71 in the category "physics, multidisciplinary".[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Achenbach, J. D. (1979). "Preface". Wave Motion. 1 (1): 1. doi:10.1016/0165-2125(79)90019-2.
  2. ^ "Journal: Wave Motion". Journal Citation Reports. Thomson Reuters. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)